Cord twist spinning toy



March 24, 1970 D. BANDY 3,501,860

CORD TWIST SPINNING TOY Filed Jan. 9, 1968 INVENTOR. [Ea/v 9. BAA/DY TTURNZ'Y United States Patent 3,501,860 CORD TWIST SPINNING TOY Leon D.Bandy, 1652 E. Roeser Road, Apt. 2, Phoenix, Ariz. 85040 Filed Jan. 9,1968, Ser. No. 696,562 Int. Cl. A63h l /32 US. Cl. 46-62 2 ClaimsABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A toy having a string actuated whirling discsurrounded by a transparent sphere having a rubber band attached to theinside of the sphere arranged to entangle and snare the whirling discduring play to intermittently cause the sphere to rotate with the discin response to the skill of player.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION One of the objectsof this invention is to provide a whirling top having a disc on awrappable and stretchable string held between the hands surroundingwhich is a transparent sphere rotatably or pivotably freely mounted onthe string together with a catching device connected to the insideperiphery of the sphere to entangle and ensnare the disc member beingactuated by the stretching and twisting of the string or operating cord.

Still another object is to provide a 3-component whirling toy actuatedby the twisting and stretching of a string held between the hands inwhich a surrounding element is free of any control from the stringdirectly but which is controlled by a device in the form of a rubberband or snare sporadically engagable with the rotating disc beingenergized by the string.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a general perspective viewshowing the toy being manipulated by the hands of the user.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view indicated by the line22 in FIG. 1. FIG. 3 is a transverse enlarged sectional view on the line3-3 of FIGS. 1 and 2.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT As an example of one embodimentof this invention, there is shown a whirling toy comprising a pair ofmanipulating cords and 11 connected together at their outer ends 13 and14 where they are suitably secured to appropriate cross handles 15 and16. A whirling disc 12 revolving about an axis 17 has a pair ofperforations 18 and 19 radially outwardly disposed relative to said axisthrough which pass the intermediate portions of the cords 10 and 11.

Patented Mar. 24, 1970 A transparent spherical element 20 surroundingthe disc 12 has a polar axis 21 defined by enlarged holes 22 and 23through which pass the cords 10 and 11 to permit free rotation of thesphere 20 on the cords 10 and 11.

A snaring element 24 within the sphere, which may take the form of arubber band has one portion 25 fixed to the inside surface 26 of thesphere 20 on the equatorial diameter 27 of the sphere. I

The cross handles 15 and 16 are grabbed between the hands 28 and 29 andthe entire unit comprising the sphere 20 and the disc 12 are swungaround until the cords 10 and 11 become twisted. Then by a combinationof swinging movement and stretching of the cords by the cross handles 15and 16, the operator may cause the disc 12 to rotate back and forth bythe unwrapping and wrapping up of the cords 10 within the sphere whilethe sphere as a whole stays in a stationary position. Should the operation, of the cords 11 by the cross handles 15 and 16 be manipulated insuch a way as to cause the disc to float longitudinally toward one orthe other of the openings 23 of the sphere 20, the disc 12 will beprevented from becoming snagged, snared or entangled with the rubberband 24. However, should the rubber band 24 be engaged and entangledabout the disc 12, it will then cause the sphere 20 to rotate indicatingan improper operation of the apparatus. In other words, it is thepurpose to try to control the non-rotation of the sphere 20 while stillmanipulating the disc 12 in reversible rotary movements by the pullingon the ends of the cords 10 and 11 as described.

While the apparatus herein disclosed and described constitutes apreferred form of the invention, it is also to be understood that theapparatus is capable of mechanical alteration without departing from thespirit of the invention and that such mechanical arrangement andcommercial adaptation as fall within the scope of the appendant claimsare intended to be included herein.

What is claimed is:

1. A whirling toy comprising in combination:

(A) A pair of manipulating cords,

(B) Cross handles fixed to the outer ends of said cords,

(C) A whirling disc having a pair of perforations receiving said cords,

(D) A transparent spherical element surrounding said disc havingenlarged holes at the poles of said sphere receiving said cords andfreely rotatable thereon,

(E) And a snaring element within said spherical element attached to theinside surface of said spherical element.

2. A whirling toy comprising as in claim 1 wherein said snaring elementcomprises an elastic band fixed at one point on the equatorial portionof the inside surface of said spherical element.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,059,886 4/1913 Loomis 46-62 X1,076,354 10/1913 Daniel 4663 2,595,990 5/1952 Steiner 46-63 X 2,992,5107/1961 Grangood 46-62 3,004,365 10/1961 Bertucci 46-63 3,052,060 9/ 1962Wohlstrom 4662 X ANTONIO F. GUIDA, Primary Examiner

